Rationing

As the second world war started, the British Government imported about 55 million tons of food per year. As Germany grew stronger, it had its battleships and subs sink the vessels bound for Britain with all of their food aboard. The British started the rationing with bacon, butter, and sugar in January of 1940. A more wide spread rationing followed which was very heavily supported by the population. However as time went on this plan started becoming less popular with the people, some grocers went to the country and bought there food directly from the growers. These sort of short cuts or loop holes were becoming more commonplace. Then the government created a natural advisory committee to help the war committee with strategies and suggestions on what to do on the home front. I think that this was an excellent idea because it really helped the people running the country a better idea of what to do and what the side effects may or may not have been. Ration books started being stolen and with the help of undercover cops and spy's the government got a handle on it and soon there after created a law that made the wasting of food a punishable offense. The rationing proved to be a good way for people to eat healthily and at the same time the health of the nation grew ten fold.

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